I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited.

I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.

Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.

I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.

It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role.

I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.

People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in Shame, and she was a suicidal mess. I said, "She's not strong at all; she's incredibly weak." But "strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.